My 50th Blog...50 tidbits about me

I will try and go in order...

1. I was adopted (really I was...not a joke - people sometimes think I'm lying)
2. My earliest childhood memory was when I was 18 months old
3. I was paddled in the first grade
4. I was attacked by a cat when I was 6 and got 6 stitches
5. I stepped on a rusty nail when I was 7 and it went all the way through my foot
6. My parents didn't take me to get a tetnas (?) shot
7. I fell off my bike when I was 8 and skinned all of the skin off my right leg
8. I got my first of many "referrals" in fourth grade
9. I went to a private school from 2-11 1/2 grade
10. I was a brownie and a girl scout
11. I always sold the most cookies
12. My dad is a preacher (everybody buys cookies from the pk)
13. I was a pretty good kid until I turned 11
14. I started smoking at 11
15. I got in a fight in 7th grade and split a girl's head open
16. Jim and I met and were "going together" when I was 11 and he was 13
17. I went through a phase for a couple years and only wore black
18. I traveled to 6 different countries before I was 15
19. My parents bought me a car when I was 15...couldn't even drive yet
20. I had an alcohol problem in high school
21. I was always considered the bad influence...probably still am
22. I made straight A's in high school
23. I was Junior and Senior class president
24. I have been to 2 proms (neither was my senior prom)
25. I had enough high school credits to graduate early
26. My last day of school was Dec. 21, 1990...Jim and I got married Dec. 22, 1990
27. I was 17 when I got married
28. Alex was born June 10, 1991...you do the math
29. Alex was not an accident
30. I bought my first house at age 18...Jim was 20
31. The house burned to the ground one year later...faulty hot water heater
32. I have owned 4 houses at one time....stressful
33. I have had 2 fender benders and one major accident...major one - not my fault
34. I had Jessica when I was 22
35. I stopped smoking when I was 27 or 28...(I didn't smoke while pregnant either)
36. I was depressed when I hit 25...and 30
37. I bought the salon when I was 28
38. I did a year of speed school at U of L
39. I went to barber school when I was 20
40. I went to cosmetology school when I was 27
41. I got my Masters in cosmetology when I was 28
42. My husband still makes my heart skip a beat
43. I will be completely debt free - house included - before I'm 40
44. The last time I was in a bar was my 21st birthday...when it was legal it was no fun
45. I got a tattoo when I was 18...it's a tweety bird
46. I am told I am very unapproachable and hard to get to know
47. I generally don't trust people
48. I am a control freak
49. I take an hour long bubble bath everyday...my time
50. I'm scared of heights

Whew! Done. Not in perfect chronological order but it will do.